Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Kernel

(Anglo-Saxon, cyrnel, a diminutive of corn; seed in general), whence acorn (the ác or oak corn).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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